Defence officer receives Cambodian guest

Lieutenant General Mai Quang Phan, Deputy Director of the Vietnam
People’s Army General Department of Politics, received Lieutenant
General Khieu Saphat, Deputy Director of the Personnel Department of the
Cambodian Ministry of National Defence in Hanoi on June 24.

The host stressed that hostile and reactionary forces are seeking to
undermine the Vietnam-Cambodia-Laos traditional friendship, adding that
he hopes armies and peoples of the three countries will continue
stranding side-by-side to shatter the scheme.

Phan thanked the
Cambodian side for raising its voice in protest against China’s illegal
placement of its Haiyang Shiyou-981 inside Vietnam’s continental shelf
and exclusive economic zone. He also called on Cambodian leaders to
continue supporting Vietnam in the issue in the coming time.

For his part, Khieu Saphat expressed his support for Vietnam in objecting China’s unlawful actions in the East Sea.-VNA